Wind

Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has announced that they have secured orders this week for two projects in Poland and the United Kingdom. The orders come to a total of 78 megawatts worth of wind power capacity. In Poland, Vestas has received a firm and unconditional order from Polengeria S.A. for 24 V110-2.0 MW turbines for the Mycielin wind power project located in western part of the country. The wind turbines are expected to be delivered in the third quarter of 2015...

Siemens will be providing 87 wind turbines to Pattern Energy Group LP’s Logan’s Gap Wind project in Texas. The Logan’s Gap Wind project is a 200-megawatt wind project located in Comanche Country, Texas. The project will create enough clean energy for around 50,000 Texan homes. “Pattern Development and the State of Texas continue to take a leadership role in the growth of the wind energy industry in the U.S., and this is well demonstrated by the number of projects the com...

Two new wind farms in the Philippines have added 303 megawatts of clean energy to the country’s power supply. The wind farms, which are located in Ilocos Norte and Panay, buffer the country’s expected power shortage in the coming month of March. The World Wide Fund for Nature welcomed the new wind farms that were developed. WWF also expressed their belief that the Philippines’ Department of Energy has a prime opportunity to generate Intended Nationally Determined Contributions –...

NJR Clean Energy Ventures has announced that their second onshore wind project has achieved commercial operations. NJRCEV, the unregulated distributed power subsidiary of New Jersey, announced on February 2 that the Carroll Area Wind Farm, located in Carroll County, Iowa, achieved commercial operations. The project represents an investment of approximately $42 million. The Carroll Area Wind Farm consists of nine Siemens SWT 2.3 megawatt, 108-meter rotor diameter wind turbines that are 80-meters high, with...

General Electric will be supplying 55 wind turbines for a project in the Yunnan province of China. G.E. will be providing its G.E. 2.75-120 brilliant wind turbines to a project by Huaneng Corporation, one of the world’s largest power generation companies. The turbines will be used in a 151 megawatt wind power project that Huaneng is developing. “We chose G.E. based on its proven reliability in other parts of the world, and the technology behind GE’s 2.75-120 wind turbine is well-suited for our local land...

Vestas has received an order for 36 megawatts worth of turbines for a wind project in Jamaica which will be the country’s largest wind farm. Vestas received the firm and unconditional order for 36.3 MW or exactly 11 V112-3.3 MW turbines for the BMR Jamaica wind project in Saint Elizabeth, from U.S. based project developer BMR Energy. The order is comprised of the supply, installation, and commissioning of the wind turbines, as well as civil and electrical works for the construction of the project. The turbines...

A 36.3 megawatt wind farm in Jamaica has received $62.7 million in funding from the World Bank’s IFC and the governments of the United States and Canada. BMR Jamaica Wind Ltd. is building the wind farm about 90 kilometers west of the Jamaican capital of Kingston. They will operate and maintain the wind farm, which is expected to become operational in the first half of 2016. Upon completion, the project will sell power to the private electrical utility, Jamaica Public Service Company under the terms of a 20-year...

The 200-megawatt Hereford Wind Project in Texas has achieved commercial operation. EDF Renewable Energy, which purchased shares of the project in 2013 (see related story),announced that the wind farm commenced operations in December 22, 2014. The Hereford Wind Project encompasses approximately 15,000 acers in Deaf Smith County, southeast of the town of Hereford. The project commenced construction in November of 2013. The project uses 54 GE 1.85-megawatt and 50 Vestas V100 2.0-megawatt wind turbines...

The Asian Development Bank will be providing a company in Thailand loans to develop a wind power plant in the country. The A.D.B. has signed an agreement to provide $55 million and an additional $30 million from the A.D.B.-administered Clean Technology Fund to Chaiyaphum Wind Farm Company Limited, a special purpose firm that is 90 percent owned by Electricity Generating Public Company and 10 percent by Pro Ventum. The loans will be used to fund the development of a 81 megawatt wind power plant which will be situat...

Siemens will be supplying 21 wind turbines for a 48 megawatt wind power project in Kansas. The turbines will be supplied to NJR Clean Energy Ventures, a subsidiary of New Jersey Resources, to be used at their Alexander wind project in Rush, Kansas. The project is located around 120 miles northwest of Wichita. It is expected to be operational by the fall of 2015. The Alexander wind project marks an investment of approximately $85 million on the part of NJR Clean Energy Ventures. They will be responsible for the cons...

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